or turn round
1.
see turn 1
2.
If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction.
Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond...
He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn’t show...
There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron), V P
3.
If something such as a business or economy turns around, or if someone turns it around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time. (BUSINESS)
Turning the company around won’t be easy...
In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions...
If the economy turned round the Prime Minister’s authority would quickly increase.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron), V P
4.
If you say that someone turns around and says something, you are indicating that they say it unexpectedly or angrily, especially in order to criticize another person or to defend themselves. (INFORMAL)
I feel that if I say how tired I get, David will ~ and say, ‘I told you so’.
PHRASAL VERB: V P and v
5.
If you ~ a question, sentence, or idea, you change the way in which it is expressed, in order to consider it differently.
Now turn the question around and start looking not for what you did wrong in the past, but for what you can do to make things better in the future...
It’s an example of how you can ~ the sentence and create a whole new meaning.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
6.
see also turnaround